A forgotten plastic...Bakelite--functional and aesthetically pleasing

The Graduate [1967]...

Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.

Benjamin: Yes, sir.

Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?

Benjamin: Yes, I am.

Mr. McGuire: Plastics.

Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?

Decades earlier Bakelite was just about everywhere.

Bakelite plastic promotional film...

The Fourth Kingdom

1937 

Narrated by Lowell Thomas

Bakelite Corporation

Bakelite [Wikipedia]